Quickies: Trademarks, m125, Palm BoD, and More
Recently, Palm Inc. has been telling PalmOS-related websites that they have to stop infringing on their trademark. Palm Infocenter Webmaster Ryan Kairer gives his opinion on the matter for this Cnet article. -Ed
The Palm m125 should be officially launched later today. -Ed
Palm, Inc. has named Gareth C.C. Chang, an expert in technology innovation and international markets, to a newly created seat on its board of directors. -Ed
PDA Forums.com is a new online forum community for peer-to-peer sharing of experiences, tips, tricks, and general know-how. -Frank Osborne
Bachmann Software has made a licensing agreement with Handmark , whereby retail chains nationwide will sell Bachmann’s PrintBoy Pro, which supports printing from the built-in PalmOS applications as well as many of the industry’s leading word processing, spreadsheet and database applications. It should sell for $30. -Kevin Doel
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The saga continues
A lot of Site owners have emailed as a result of these stories, many have contacted their lawyers and have asked not to be mentioned in the story updates while the negotiations are taking place. I spoke with a Palm Trademark spokeperson who offered their side of the story...
Palm Trademark position effects Loyal Supporters -
http://www.palmloyal.com/article.php?sid=404
Palm Trademark position effects Loyal Supporters - Part 2 -
http://www.palmloyal.com/article.php?sid=413
RE: The saga continues
Palm for sale?
If Palm really wanted to do some good, it would get together with other leaders whose brands have fans and support a dot-fan (.fan) domain name. This, I think, would solve the issue. This would clearly show those who use other companies marks are not attached to the company but are supporters.
At the very least, this is a PR nightmare for Palm that could not have come at a worse time.
Come on, grow up
The same situation is going on with Lego at the moment - they are concerned that other alternative OS's and sites that bear the Lego name are watering down their trademark. They have sent out polite letters to all infringers asking them to change the name. The response from the Lego community and the hacker community in general has been glowing praise for Lego who are speaking to people politly rather than sueing their asses off (it's the American Way). This is exactly what Palm are doing. They are polite, professional and providing a sensible alternative. Sure, the sites may not be quite as easy to find, but how hard is it to use a search engine?
Just because we are feeling left out at the mo because we feel Palm is not inovating (and MS is!) and most of the comment at the mo is anti-Palm, doesn't mean we should be so mean to them when they are taking a caring course of action.
So common boys and girls, grow up and support the company whose product we love.
If you would like to see more on the Lego situation, either go to slashdot.org or www.lugnet.com.
Mike McFarlane
ps I have no Palm stock options ;-)
RE: Come on, grow up
RE: Come on, grow up
What is the problem with not registering? While I visit this site nearly daily, I don't always like to give my details out to every website that I visit/post to.
Mike McFarlane
Yeah I guess so
I've always thought the only thing that brought Palm out on top in the beginning of the whole pda war in the beginning. The community support and unbelieveably huge amount of third party apps vs. pocketpc apps definitely made the difference (it's what made me switch from wince to palm).
Anyway, that's my $.02
RE: Come on, grow up
One of the strengths of the Palm Economy has been the loyalty of developers and enthusiasts out there evangelizing the Palm Platform. When Palm starts to haggle some of their most vocal supporters, it’s just like shooting yourself in the foot.
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Ryan
Editor in Chief
webmaster@palminfocenter.com
RE: Come on, grow up
Don't change Palminfocenter's name. Stick with it. Or, do what the rest of the Palm sites are doing, focus on PocketPC and maybe give some space to Palm. This respond may be a knee-jerk response but at least you are not getting pushed by some dumbo sitting in some high-back chair at Palm. The state they are in you would think they would concentrate on building their business AND community but no, they want to use their palm and slap it right across the face of people that support them.
The moment iPaq PocketPC 2002 is launched I will go out and get one. I have been holding back for a while out of some "emotional" attachment to Palm and would like them to win the handheld war. Well, Palm, you lost one! Ta-ta.
Can Palm Be related to Adult Sites?
All Palm Web Owners
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Just Don't Get It!
Too snotty for their own good and lost the ground. At least Apple is sweeter to their community.
Nobody 'owns' our language
Surely a palmtop, like laptop and desktop are generic descriptions of hardware, the OS is irrelevant. Also, the word palm describes a common part of the body somewhere between the wrist and the fingers. Palmreading, palmprint, palmtree .. are Palm Inc going to lay claim to these words ???
I have registered 'palmtronics' .. its a contrived word, as far as I know I'm the first one to use it. I too got a 'warning e-mail' from Palm Inc. What a bloddy nerve .. palmtronics.com doesn't even have a home page, so they have no idea what the content (or intent) of the web-site will be about. Well I might now dedicate it to the study of electronic hand implants .. so come on Palm Inc ... sue me!!
(And yes Pepper, I do STILL love my palm)
RE: Nobody 'owns' our language
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Why doesn't Carl just limit sales of Palm devices to his 4 friends at the golf club and just get it over with? What's next? A nickel just to say "Palm" out loud? L-O-S-E-R....